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Court Sides With New York Times Over Access to E.U. Covid Vaccine Messages

The case revolved around whether texts between a top E.U. official and a drug company executive counted as a public record that might need to be disclosed.

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Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission. The case involved text messages that she and Pfizer exchanged as they negotiated a Covid-19 vaccine contract.
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Beyond Tariff Truce, China Readies for a Rocky Time With U.S.

Beijing is trying to win over other countries with vows of economic cooperation. But it won’t back down from its territorial claims, experts predict.

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Xi Jinping, China’s leader, waiting for President Trump to arrive for talks in Osaka, Japan, in 2019.
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The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump

As President Trump guts American research institutions, world leaders see a “once-in-a-century brain gain opportunity.”

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For decades, the United States was a magnet for top researchers, scientists and academics.
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A Bearded Pete Buttigieg Drops Into Iowa for a Pitch to Veterans

With Democrats sizing up their 2028 plans, Pete Buttigieg spoke at a town hall in Cedar Rapids and criticized the Trump administration: “The American people bow to no king.”

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At a town hall on Tuesday night in Iowa, Pete Buttigieg said Democrats needed to adjust their pitch to voters, insisting that they must “connect everything we believe, everything we say, everything we do, to everyday life.”
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Christopher Bond, Former Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator, Dies at 86

A Republican known as Kit, he was the state’s youngest governor. When he retired from Congress after four terms, he said he didn’t want to be the state’s oldest senator.

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Senator Christopher S. Bond, Republican of Missouri, at a news conference in 2009. He announced that year that he would not seek a fifth term.
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An Atmospheric River Brings Flooding Risks to the Mid-Atlantic

Rising floodwaters led to dozens of rescues and the evacuation of an elementary school as forecasters warned of widespread flash flooding through midweek.

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Flooding at Westernport Elementary School in Westernport, Md., forced the evacuation of an elementary school on Tuesday.
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New Biden Book Points to His Decline and Democrats’ Cowardice: 6 Takeaways

The book, “Original Sin,” describes how Mr. Biden’s aides quashed concerns about his age. But the anonymous accounts show that many Democrats are still afraid to discuss the issue publicly.

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The book’s reliance on anonymous sourcing reveals the enduring chill that President Biden’s loyalists have cast over a Democratic Party still afraid to grapple publicly with what many say privately was his waning ability to campaign and serve in office.
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Why Did Eric Adams Have So Many Cellphones?

Mayor Eric Adams of New York was said to have used seven different phone numbers. He argued that “many New Yorkers have several phones.”

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Mayor Eric Adams said that he used several cellphones for personal calls, city business and campaigning.
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Iran Proposes Novel Path to Nuclear Deal With U.S.

Iranian officials said their foreign minister had proposed a joint nuclear-enrichment venture, involving Arab countries and American investment.

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Tehran this month. Iranian officials are in talks with the United States about a new nuclear deal.
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Trump Welcomes White South African Refugees as He Shuts Out Afghans and Others

The Trump administration carved out an exception to its refugee ban for white South Africans. But other groups, including Afghans who helped U.S. forces during the war in their country, are being shut out.

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Afghan refugees unloading their belongings from a truck after arriving in Pakistan last week.
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Adams Lashes Out at Prosecutors, Saying They Sought to Humiliate Him

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City railed against the federal authorities who accused him of corruption and seized his numerous cellphones.

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Mayor Eric Adams of New York was charged with fraud, bribery and other crimes in a case that was ultimately dismissed at the request of President Trump’s Justice Department.
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José Mujica, Leftist President of Uruguay Known for Humility, Dies at 89

Serving from 2010 to 2015, he refused to accept a presidential salary or live on a presidential estate as he sought to improve the lives of ordinary citizens.

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Known as Pepe, José Mujica was elected president at the age of 74 in 2009.
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Saudis Greet Trump to His Tastes, With Pomp, Opulence and Real Estate

The Saudi crown prince gave President Trump a warm and opulent welcome, reflecting the amity between a royal family and presidential family with diplomatic and business alliances.

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President Trump descended stairs covered in a lavender carpet to be greeted by Prince Mohammed bin Salman and an honor guard on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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C.I.A. Rejects Diversity Efforts Once Deemed as Essential to Its Mission

The Trump administration is dismantling programs that some former directors believed helped sharpen the agency’s competitive edge.

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“There are no D.E.I. officers, there are only intelligence officers at C.I.A.,” said Darrell Blocker, a former senior C.I.A. officer who led the agency’s training efforts.
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The Virtues of Ideological Art

Why politics doesn’t necessarily ruin storytelling.

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Tiny Company With China Ties Announces Big Purchase of Trump Cryptocurrency

The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale would allow it to invest heavily in the $TRUMP memecoin.

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President Trump’s crypto venture, which channels profits directly to the Trump family, has generated conflicts of interest that have alarmed ethics experts.
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As Trump Hails Plan to Accept Qatari Jet, Congress Sits on the Sidelines

Republicans on Capitol Hill seem unlikely to challenge President Trump as he pushes ethics guardrails around profiting from the presidency to the breaking point.

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In 1997, President Bill Clinton came under scrutiny for inviting donors to stay overnight in the White House’s famed Lincoln Bedroom, setting off a firestorm around claims that he was shamelessly exploiting the presidency.
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Zelensky Asks Trump to Attend Peace Talks, but Putin’s Plans Remain Unclear

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that if President Trump attended the talks, it would put pressure on Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, to meet face-to-face.

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A photo released by Russian state media of President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow on Monday. Russia has yet to say whether Mr. Putin will go to peace talks in Turkey.
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Trump to Lift Sanctions on Syria and Meet With New President

President Trump, on a state visit to Saudi Arabia, said he made the decision after speaking to the Saudi crown prince. The president is trying to drum up Saudi investment in the U.S.

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President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria during an interview in Damascus, Syria, last month. Mr. al-Shara led a rebel alliance that ousted the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad in December.
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Trump Administration Cuts Additional $450 Million in Grants to Harvard

The latest broadside from the federal government comes as Harvard faces multiple investigations from across the Trump administration.

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Harvard has rejected a list of intrusive demands from the federal government and filed a lawsuit to challenge the suspension of more than $2 billion in multiyear grants.
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